Real Madrid are set to include 16-year-old defender Yoan Martinez in their pre-season squad as they struggle to find a centre-back. The
talented youngster is regarded. As their most promising central defender at Valdebebas. Carlo Ancelotti
will only have Antonio Rudiger and Jesus Vallejo fit for the start of the pre-season tour. With Eder Militao set to join up with the squad in the United States. ทางเข้า ufabet Real Madrid Castilla defenders
Jacobo Ramon and Raul Asensio are also set to travel with the squad. Along with Martinez, according to Diario AS.
The trio will no doubt be keen to seize. The opportunity this special occasion brings with it amid Ancelotti’s current shortage of centre-backs. Martinez
started last season at Under-17 level but during the final months of the campaign. He has been part of Alvaro Arbeloa’s Under-19s squad. And has also trained regularly with Raul’s Castilla side, with Los Blancos
yet to decide whether Martinez will play for Castilla next season or the Under-19s.
Joan Martinez will not be travelling to US
However, Mario Cortegana (h/t Jorge Picon) has since come out and quashed those reports, stating that Joan Martinez will not be a part of the Real Madrid squad that will be making the trip to the US later this week.
Instead, the 16-year-old centre-back will be doing pre-season with the Castilla squad, although he is expected to train with the first-team setup later today.
Real Madrid are short on resources in the centre-back department presently, with David Alaba injured and Nacho Fernandez and Rafa Marin having left.
It has left Carlo Ancelotti with only Antonio Rudiger, Eder Militao, and Jesus Vallejo as options. But Militao will only be joining the squad in the US after the first friendly against AC Milan and just in time to face Barcelona.
So, it will be interesting to see how the manager juggles his options in defence on the US tour.